Petkie. — On the Floiverhig-plants of Otago. 687 



Grasses are given in error. He confounded robust forms 

 of D. raoulii with the present species. 



Danthonia semiannularis, Br. — Abundant in open lands 

 throughout, and very variable. 



Danthonia pilosa, Br. — Signal Hill ; -Heriot ; Kelso. 



Danthonia buchanani, Hook. f. — Matukituki Valley. 



Danthonia nuda, Hook. f. — Common in the drier lowlands 

 and on dry hills of E., C, and N. Macrae's; Kurow ; 

 Strath Taieri ; Lakes Wanaka and Hawea ; Tapanui. 

 Danthonia thomsoni, Buchanan, is identical with this. I 

 can vouch for this, as, through the kindness of Sir J. D. 

 Hooker, I have been able to compare a spikelet of the 

 original plant collected by Colenso with specimens of 

 Buchanan's species, wdiich I was the first to collect in 

 Otago. Sir J. D. Hooker did not notice that there were 

 two pencils of hairs on the flowering glume. As they over- 

 lap, they would naturallj'' be taken for a single pencil. 

 "When a dissecting-needle is slipped in and the edge of the 

 glume raised the two pencils are at once seen. Sir Joseph 

 did not happen to do this, and so described the glume in- 

 correctly as having a single pencil of hairs. 



Danthonia ovata, Buchanan, var. — Clinton Saddle (2,500ft.). 

 If this is a form of Buchanan's species the latter has been 

 very poorly described. He did not collect it himself, and 

 most hkely had indifferent material to work on. The pre- 

 sent plant differs from D. atistralis, Buchanan, only in not 

 being tufted. 



Danthonia ceassiuscula, T. Kirk. — Mount Arnould, Hunter 

 Eiver (5,000ft.). 



Deschampsia pusilla, Petrie. — Hector Mountains (6,000ft.). 



Deschampsia tenella, Petrie. — Sources of Water of Leith ; 

 Catlin's ; Clinton Saddle. In all these stations only in 

 bush. 



Deschampsia chapmani, Petrie. — Head of Clinton Valley, Te 

 Anau (2,000ft.). 



Deschampsia nov^e-zealandi^, Petrie. — Naseby ; Pembroke ; 

 Mount St. Bathan's ; Hector Mountains. Eanges from 

 l,000ft.-4, 000ft. Confined to very wet stations. 



Deschampsia c^spitosa, Beauv.— Common throughout in wet 

 and boggy ground. Dunedin ; Waihola ; Waipahi ; Lums- 

 den ; Eoxburgh ; &c. 



Kceleria ckistata, Persoon. — Common in dry uplands and 

 mountains, and on sandhills of E. coast. Dunedin; Old 

 Man Eange ; Cromwell ; Arrowtown ; &c. 



